Rahma

“قيلعن الظلام شيء سهل
لكنه حيلة العاجز
إيقاد شمعة لن يطرد الليل
ولكنه سيتيح لك أن تبصر أمامك”
― أدهم شرقاوي, حديث الصباح

“There are moments when the future looks so black that one is afraid to let one's thoughts dwell on it, refuses to let one's mind function and tries to convince oneself that the future will not be, and the past has not been. At such moments, when the will is not governed or modified by reflection and the only incentives that remain in life are our physical instincts, I can understand how a child, being particularly prone owing to lack of experience to fall into such a state, may without the least hesitation or fear, with a smile of curiosity deliberately set fire to his own house - and then fan the flames where is brothers, his father an his mother, all of who he loves dearly, are sleeping.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth

“الكعبة ليست غرفة نطوف حولها
عش تاريخها
تخيل الملائكة وهي تبنيها
تخيل الطوفان يُغرقها
تخيل إسماعيل يناول أباه الحجارة ليبنيها من جديد
تخيلهما يحباك قبل أن يعرفاك
«وابعث فيهم رسولاً منهم»
تخيله بأبي هو وأمي حيث الآن أنت تطوف
ينادي فيهم «اذهبوا فأنتم الطلقاء»”
― أدهم شرقاوي, حديث الصباح

“Will the freshness, lightheartedness, the need for love, and strength of faith which you have in childhood ever return? What better time than when the two best virtues -- innocent joy and the boundless desire for love -- were the only motives in life?”
― Leo Tolstoy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth